Shock-gatherer.



No. 889,527. PATENTED JUNE 2, 1908.

F. JAMES.-

SHOCK GATHERBR.

APPLICATIOH I'll-HD3180. 28, 1907.

Svwentoz a SHEETS-SHEET 1.

PATENTED 51mm, 190's r. J AMES. SHOCK GATHERER.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.28,1907.

's SHEETS-SHEET 2.

II I l l fwd (7a No. 889,527. I PATENTED JUNE 2, 1908.

1-". JAMES. SHOCK GATHERER..

APPLICATION FILED DEO.28,1907.

a SHEETS-SHEET 3.

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.the dirigible front 'wheels 3.

UNITED sTArns PATENT OFFICE.

FRED JAMES, OF MITCHELL, SOUTH DAKOTA.

SHO CK-GATHERER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 2, 1908.

Application filed December 28, 1967. Serial No. 408,412.

To all whom wt may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED JAMES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mitchell, in the county of Davison and State of South Dakota, have invented a new and useful Shock-Gatherer, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to shock gath .erers and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts as hereinafter shown and described.

T he ob ect of the invention isto provide a gatherer of the character indicated which receptacle. Means is provided for adjusting.

the various parts as conditions may require.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the gather-er. Fig. 2 is a to plan view of the same, Fig. 3 is a vertica sectional, view of the same. Fig. 4 is a plan view of -portions -of shafts used in the gatherer, i 5 is a perspective view showing in detail a portion of one of the shock engagiing bars and means for operatingthe same. F 1g. 6 IS a perspective View of a form of steering mechanism which may he used upon the gatherer.

The gatherer consists of the frame 1 which is mounted upon the traction wheels 2 and The superstructure 4 is mounted upon the platform 1. The shaft 5 is journaled. for rotation in the upper portion of the superstructure i and is adapted to move longitudinally in its'bearings. The beveled gear wheels (3 are mounted upon the ends of the shaft 5. The wheels 6 are provided upon. their rim with sprocket teeth 7. A lever S is fulcrumed to the superstructure of the gatherer and is provided wit h a bifurcated end 9 which engages collars H) upon the shaft As the said lever is swung laterally the said shaft 51s moved longitudinally in its bearings. 'lhd shalt ll is journalcd for rotation at an intermediate point upon the superstructure l and the sprocket wheel 12 lslnountod uponsmdshalt. The axle 15-; upon WllH'll the traction wheels '2 are mounted is provided with. a sprocket.

wheel 14 and the sprocket chain 15 passes around the sprocket wheels 12 and 14. The stub shaft 16 is journaled upon the superstructure 4 in the vicinity of the shaft 11. The gear wheels 17 and 18 are mounted upon the shafts 1.1 and 16 respectively ,and are in mesh with each other. The wheel 17 is provided with a clutch hub 19 and a clutch member 20 is slidably mounted upon the shaft 11 and is adapted to engage and disengage the clutch'hub 19 as the lever 21 is swung laterally. The sprocket wheels 22 are mounted upon the shaft 16 and the sprocket chains 23 pass around the wheels 22 and the sprocket rims 7 of the wheels 6. i

From the foregoing description it is obvious that when the clutch 20 is in engagement with the hub 18) that the shaft 5 will be retated in the op osite direction from that in which the whee s2 rotate in passing over the ground.

The side rails 24 are attached at their upper ends to the shaft 5 and are inclined downwardly and forwardly toward the front of the gatherer. The shaft 25 is journaled for rotationlat the lower ends of the rails 24. The shafts 5 and 25 are provided with sprocket wheels 26 and 27 respectively. The plate 28 is attached at its edges to the rails 24 and is provided at its'upper end with a curved portion 29which lies over the intermediate portion of the shaft 5 between the sprocket wheels 26. At its lower end the plate 28 is bent around the shaft 25 and extended up as at 30 under the intermediate portion or the plate, the end portion 30 being substantially parallel with the intermediate portion of the said plate. The chain belts 31 pass around the sprocket wheels 26 and 27 and are adapted to move orbitally about the plate 28 as the shaft 5 rotates.

journaled upon the chain belts 3i and are provided with lugs 33 which in turn are provided with friction rollers 34 which are adapted to operate against the under sides of the inturned flanges 35 provided at the upper edges of the rails 24. The said grooves 35 are arcuately curved at their lower ends around the shaft 25. The impaling tines 2'36 are mounted. upon the bars-i2. The bars 32 are also provided. at their ends with lugs 37 which are :ulaptod to enter channels 38 provided ut the edges of the intermediate porliou of lhoplnto 2H and which are adapted to engage the end portion Illlof the said plate for the purpose of turning the bars 32 axi- The cross bars 32 are is mounted under the lower portion thereof.

- The drum 40 is journaled for rotation upon tines 36 pass over the u the forward ortion of the superstructure 4 and the cab e 41 winds around said drum and is attached at its other end to the lower portion of one of the side rails 24. 42 is provided and is operativelyconnected with the drum 40 for rotating the same. By rotating the drum 40 it will be observed that the lower end of the side rails 24 may be raised or lowered using the shaft 5 as a )ivot. As the shaft 5 rotates the chain belts 31 are moved longitudinally.around the plate 28 by the sprocket wheels 26: As the impaling per surfaces of the plate 28 they stand su stantially at right angles to the same being held in such position by means of the friction rollers 34 mounted upon'the lugs 33 which operate against the flanges of the siderails 24. \Vhen the bars 32 arrive at the upper end of the-plate- 28 the friction rollers 34 pass beyond the end of the guides 35 and the bars 32 may turn axially whereby the impaling tines 36 will swing in a downward direction at their free ends and may slide along the upper surface of the guard 38. yond the lower end of the-guard 38 they swing down by gravity and assume vertical position's and are assisted in this movement )y' the lug 37 set in the path of the lugs 37.

As the lower portions of the chain belts 31 pass down the lugs 37 engage the end of the portion 30 oftheplate 28 and the bars 32 are turned axiall so that the .tines 36 are swung up against the port-ion 30 of the plate 28 and ass )oints foremost over the guard 39. W en the bars 32 arrive at the lower end of the guard 39 the friction rollers 34 engage the lower ends of the flanges 35 and the tines 36 are brought into the positions first above described.

From the above description it will be observed that the tines 36 move in orbits about the shafts 5 and 25 and that they are swung about an axis while passing around the shaft 5 and are. withdrawn butt ends foremost away from the same. The said tines approach the shaft 5 in planes at right angles to the plane occupied by a line connecting the centers of the shafts 5 and 25 together. At points between the shafts 5 and 25 the tines 36 are again turned about an axis so that their pointed ends are forwardly disposed andare carried under the shaft 25 in such forward dis osition, also-While the tines are assing 1111(01' the shaft 25 they are given a 'orward thrust which movement projects the tines into the shock to be gathered. The.

.13. means When the said tines pass beone of the perforations 45 provided in the said arms. The shaft 46 is journaled for ro tation at the outer ends of the arms 43 and is provided at one end with a sprocket wheel 47. The sprocket wheel 43 is journaled upon the wrist pin 44 and is rovided with two sets of sprocket teeth. X sprocket chain 49 passes around the sprocket wheel 47 and one set of teeth upon the sprocket wheel 48. The yielding belt tightener 50 is mounted upon one of the arms 43 and engages the chain 49 and is adapted to take up the slack in the same. A sprocket wheel 51 is mounted upon the shaft 1 1 and the sprocket chain 52 passes around the wheel 51 and the other-set of sprocket teeth uponthe wheel 48. Thus, as t e shaft 11 rotates as has been above described rotary movement is transmitted to the shaft 46 through the parts last above mentioned. The heads 53 are mounted u on the ends of the arms 43 and are provider in their inner side with cam grooves 54. The disks 55 are fixed to the shaft 46 and the bars 56 are journaled in the peripheries of the said disks 55. The said bars are provided with angularly disposed ends 57 which carry friction rollers 58 which operate in the grooves 54. The impaling tines 59 are carried by the bars 56. By reason of the arrangement of the parts last above described a set of shock engaging tines is provided which move orbitally and which descend vertically in engraging the shock and move laterally awa om the same when becoming disengage The movement of the tines is accomplished by means of the configuration of the cam groove 54 and tion rollers 58 carried by the ends 57 of the bars 56. The winding drum 60 is journaled upon the superstructure 4 and one end of the its engagement with the friccable 61 passes around said drum and the arms 43 may be ralsed or lowered'as desired. Also by ad justingthe wrist pin 44 in any one of the perforations 45 the arms 43 may be adjusted longitudinally. As thesaid arms are adjustable longitudinally the belt tightener 50 will take up anyslack which might occur in the chain 49.

Theshafts 62 and 63 are journaled at the opposite sides of the su erstructure 4 and are located under the she. t 5. he conveyer 64 is mounted upon the said shafts 62 and 63 and is adapted to move orbitally about the same. The shafts 62 and 63' are each provided with a sprocket wheel 65. 'lhe'stub shafts 67 and 68 are journaled for rotation above the shafts 62 and 63 and are pr vided with sprocket wheels 69 and 76. The

asses around=the sprocket wheels 66 and 70. fhe shafts 67 and 68 are provided with; the bevel gear Wheels 73 and 7 4 respectively whichare adapted to en gear Wheels 6 u on the s moved longitu "malt plication of means at the opposite ends of the shaft 5 for transmitting rotary movement from thg said shaft "to the conveyer 64 thesaid conveyer may be caused to move in either direction according to which means 7 means of a connecting rod quently as one'shaft 77 turns tines'59 will move faster than 64 may be caused to 'necting means between the 'into the base of, ,the shock While the position into for transmitting movement the said shaft 5 is geared up with. That is to say, by shift: ing the shaft 5 longitudinally the conveyer move toward one side or the other of-the gatherer as desired.

The dirigiblewheels 3 are journaled for rotation in the caster brackets 75 which are ivot'ed under the forward portion of the of the links-or chains 76 with the rock shafts- 77. Said shafts are connected together by the other. shaft By such conwheels 3 theyare alwaysretained in parallel relation.-

From the foregoing description it will be seen that as the atherer approaches a shock the tines 36 wil will turn correspondingly.

'the conveyer 34. 7

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let? ters-Patent is z- 1. A shock gatherer moving base impaling moving head impaling tines! Y,

2. A shock gatherer comprising orbitally moving base impaling tines, orbitally movinghead impaling tines, said tines movingat different rates of spec i 3. A shock gatherer comprising orbitall moving base impaling tines andorbitally -comprising orbitally moving head impaling tines, said tines being so arranged as to simultaneously impale the shock and the head impaling tines withdraw from the shock prior to the withdrawal of thebase'impaling tines therefrom.-

'4. A shock gatherer comprising orbitally age one ofthe bevel aft 5 as the same is 1 By reason of the duaxis whenlin the ct ame 1 and which are connected by means.

78 andconsethereon, arms mounte cam grooves,- a shaft journaled moving .base impaling tines, froma vertical an in folined position" upon tines,-f a" conveyer located p'ortionY-lof-qthe orbit described by the r mpaling tines and means operatively eon,-

e tines 59 are 'o crating the baseimpaling t e' .'said: conveyer may.

. Orbit ally moving bas tines and orbitally 1n the presence of moving base impaling tines and orbitally gnpvingxhead impaling tinesfeach set of said. tines being so mojuiited as to rotateabout an of impaling or W1thdrawing from the q cki 5. A shock gatherer comprisingorbitally moving base impaling tines, orbitallymow ing head impaling tines a'ndme'ansfor ad -.justing the head ir'npaling tines with-relat on v to the base impaling tines.

6. A shock gatherer comprising orbitally moving base engaging tines, a'nd'orbitally mov ng head engaging tines and means for adjusting the head impaling,tine's in an arc with relation to the base impaling tines.

7. A shock gatherer comprising orbitally moving base impaling, tines, orbitally. moving head im aling tines and means for adjusting the iiead impaling tines towardor away from the base im aling tines and means for adjusting 'the head impalingtin'es "in an arc with relation to the base impaling tines.

8. A shock gatherer comprising a' frame, or bita'lly moving base im aling tines mounted carried by the .arms andbeing rovided with or rotatidn in said arms,'disks mounted upon the-, shaft, bars-journaled in said disksand having angularly disposed ends which engage the cam grooves ani impaling tines mounted upon said bars. -9. A'sho'ckfrom ing the shock an upri ht 'position into .under the upper ase neeti" the eonveyer with the means for be caused to move 1n eitherof two directions. 10. A shock gatherer comprising a frame, e nnpaling tines mounted .thereon, arms adjustably pivoted to the frame-,- means for swinging said arms, heads carriedbythe arms and having cam grooves,

a shaft ournaled in said heads, disks mounted upon'the shafts, bars journaled in the disks and having angularly disposed ends which engage thee-am grooves and head impaling tines mounted u (in the bars. In testimony (E1 my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature two witnesses.

, FRED JAMES.

Witnesses:

E: HrroHeocK, INEZ DOANE.

on the frame, heads t e base-,impaling at I claim the foregoing as gatherer; comprising orbitally means for movtines whereby 

